Category: Klondike Gold Rush
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The Klondike Gold Rush. August 16, 1896.
Image: Klondikers carrying supplies ascending the Chilkoot Pass, 1898. (Wikimedia Commons) On this day in history, American prospector George Carmack, along with Skookum Jim Mason and Dawson Charlie – both Tagish First Nation members – discovered Yukon gold on Rabbit Creek (later renamed Bonanza Creek), a Klondike River branch that ran through both Alaskan and…
History Daily With Francis Chappell Black 